Glen Canyon Dam - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • Edward Abbey's novel The Monkey Wrench Gang describes the fictional efforts of a group of environmentalists who fantasize about blowing up the dam.
  • In detective novel Wet Desert by Gary Hansen, the Glen Canyon Dam is destroyed by environmental terrorists.
  • The dam was used as a shooting location for the 2011 Doctor Who episode "Day of the Moon."
  • The dam was used as a location in the television cult classic, Route 66 . "Layout at Glen Canyon" (episode 9, season 1) was broadcast December 2, 1960.

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